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KASEL, Paul
KASEL, Paul. (Dubuque, IA, Feb. 23, 1926-- ). A son of Joseph P. KASEL, Paul worked part-time at FARLEY AND LOETSCHER MANUFACTURING COMPANY before joining the navy in WORLD WAR II.
When he returned from the war, Paul worked a long career at John Deere. He was an original IBM programmer at the JOHN DEERE DUBUQUE WORKS when the company first installed mainframe computers in the late 1950s. He worked there 29 years before retiring at age 51 in 1977.
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Source:
Karl J. Kasel, e-mail. April 3, 2014